“SPEAK IT INTO EXISTENCE” BY KOMI OLAFIMIHAN/WWW.KOMIOLAF.COM Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. Editors’ note: This article is from the Summer 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future.” If you performed a task at four times the rate of productivity, shouldn’t you
“AFRODAMUS” BY KOMI OLAFIMIHAN/WWW.KOMIOLAF.COM Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork. Editors’ note: This article is from the Summer 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly, “Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future.” I have long wondered how nonprofit institutions such as my own—a Black-led, multiracial organization whose mission is
Stéfano Girardelli on unsplash With this article, we conclude our series—Narratives to Build Collective Economic Power—which NPQ is publishing in partnership with the national racial and economic justice nonprofit, Common Future. In this series, the authors write about their economic justice work and how, in their work, they challenge conventional narratives and offer new ways
Ave Calvar on Unsplash Throughout its history, the US has implemented federal infrastructure projects that have benefited certain communities while devastating others. During the colonial period, much of the nation’s early infrastructure facilitated trade and commerce for colonists, but it also exploited Indigenous civilizations. The $36 million Transcontinental Railroad project, begun in the 1860s, displaced
Laura James on Pexels When COVID first reached the US, pre-existing conditions—including profound health disparities, economic injustice, and racism—set the stage for COVID’s particularly devastating effects. It follows that a true recovery from COVID requires transformative approaches that simultaneously promote health, economic, and racial justice. One area demanding transformative change is the nation’s treatment of
